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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Takashi Karimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kana Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Karimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kana Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus including an image input unit configured to input an image to be captured; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of at least one photographic subject included in the input image; a face-attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the detected face; a degree-of-friendliness computing unit configured to evaluate a degree of friendliness between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a correlation between items of attribute information of detected faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the items of attribute information being detected by the face-attribute detecting unit, and outputting an evaluation value Hrepresenting the degree of friendliness; and an image-capturing determining unit configured to determine a timing to capture the input image based on the evaluation value H.